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similar to the issue of drawdown, i am still getting recommendations from the pentagon and our commanders on the ground in terms of what that would look like. and when we have more information about that, i will be describing that to the american people. i think president karzai's primary concern, and you will hear directly from him, is making sure afghan sovereignty is respected. and if we have a follow-on force of any sort past 2014, it has to be at the invitation of the afghan government, and they have to feel comfortable with it. i will say, as i have said to president karzai, that we have agreements with countries like this all around the world, and nowhere do we have any kind of security agreement with a country without immunity for our troops. that is how i as commander in chief can make sure that our folks are protected in carrying out very difficult missions. i think president karzai understands that. i do not want to get ahead of research in terms of the negotiations that are still remaining on the bilateral security agreement, but from my perspective, it will not be possible fo
similar to the issue of drawdown, i am still getting recommendations from the pentagon and our commanders on the ground in terms of what that would look like. and when we have more information about that, i will be describing that to the american people. i think president karzai's primary concern, and you will hear directly from him, is making sure afghan sovereignty is respected. and if we have a follow-on force of any sort past 2014, it has to be at the invitation of the afghan government,...
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. >> reporter: you won't see aaron nearborn in the pentagon commercials but what he's been doing for two years in this vast unheated warehouse in oakland, california, provided crucial supplies for thousands of men and women in uniform, trauma kits, ballistic eye protection and tarps to repair ripped tents, spare parts for special forces unit's failing generator that would have taken months for the regular supply chain to provide. >> it powers their communications, their intelligence, their daily operations, everything. we're literally able to ship it to them within 72 hours. >> reporter: it all started when one of nearborn's marine pals deployed to afghanistan and asked for needed items. word got around through e-mails and website there was troops direct that could bypass the usual military red tape and get you what you and your unit needed pronto, like large sotherboard who told us that nearborn shipped plumbing supplies for clothes washers and hot showers >> it was nice to take a hot shower after the weather started getting a lot chillier. >> reporter: there have been scores of tha
. >> reporter: you won't see aaron nearborn in the pentagon commercials but what he's been doing for two years in this vast unheated warehouse in oakland, california, provided crucial supplies for thousands of men and women in uniform, trauma kits, ballistic eye protection and tarps to repair ripped tents, spare parts for special forces unit's failing generator that would have taken months for the regular supply chain to provide. >> it powers their communications, their...
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. >>> the pentagon bracing for another budget battle on capitol hill. it's taking steps to prepare the deal with billions of dollars in cuts. defense secretary leon panetta asking his department to brace for those cuts if congress fails to reach an agreement on a final spending plan. the defense department will start freezing civilian hiring. it also plans to delay awarding some contracts and to hold off on some maintenance as well. the pentagon is facing nearly a half trillion dollars in cuts over a decade. >> 6:03 now. a sudden change to inauguration plans. the evangelical pastor who was supposed to give the benediction at the swearing in is out because of anti-gay comments made years ago. he has withdrawn from the event after getting criticism for a sermon in which he pushed for therapy that could turn gay people straight. they picked him for his work in human trafficking. >>> the second inauguration is a little more than a week away. an estimated 40,000 people will pack two inaugural balls on the evening of the inauguration. meantime, you don't have
. >>> the pentagon bracing for another budget battle on capitol hill. it's taking steps to prepare the deal with billions of dollars in cuts. defense secretary leon panetta asking his department to brace for those cuts if congress fails to reach an agreement on a final spending plan. the defense department will start freezing civilian hiring. it also plans to delay awarding some contracts and to hold off on some maintenance as well. the pentagon is facing nearly a half trillion dollars...
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president obama is expected to nominate his former senate colleague, 66-year-old chuck hagel to head the pentagon. >> i think it will be a lot of tough questions of senator hagel. >> reporter: a purple heart veteran wounded in vietnam is a moderate republican who criticized the iraq troop surge, opposed unilateral sanctions against in and once said being gay inhibits effectiveness. >> he apologized for it. >> reporter: republicans call him a controversial in your face pick. >> chuck hagel if confirmed to be secretary of defense will be the most an antagonistic secretary of defense towards the state of israel. >> reporter: we'll see the wind down of troops in afghanistan. republicans are planning to throw him tough questions and pledging to be fair stop short of saying they would block this nomination. no word yet on when those confirmations now for both nominees will actually happen here on the hill. >> thank you. president obama signed a bill into law to pay for $9.7 billion in flood insurance claims in new york, new jersey and connecticut. this is for victims who were battered by hurricane sand
president obama is expected to nominate his former senate colleague, 66-year-old chuck hagel to head the pentagon. >> i think it will be a lot of tough questions of senator hagel. >> reporter: a purple heart veteran wounded in vietnam is a moderate republican who criticized the iraq troop surge, opposed unilateral sanctions against in and once said being gay inhibits effectiveness. >> he apologized for it. >> reporter: republicans call him a controversial in your face...
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buses will replace trains between the pentagon and rosalyn stations. the arlington station is closed. single tracking between friendship heights and van ness. trains will share tracks between green belt and college park. work starts at 10:00 tonight and should be done by monday morning rush. >>> coming up on 5:50. relatives of people killed in a plane crash with mexican-american singer jen i rivera are suing her company. they say she was negligent when she hired a faulty lear jet. the lawsuit says jenny rivera enterprises should have known the plane was not safe to fly. it also claims the pilots did not have enough training to safely fly that plane. >>> right now, firefighters are trying to stop raging wildfires from destroying more homes in new he zealand. the smoke and flames forced several to evacuate homes. a wildfire charred some 370 acres of land in christ church. luckily, no one has been hurt. it killed 185 people back in 2011. >>> just about 5:51 on this friday morning. another chilly start to the day. cloudy too. >> that's right. it is. we're
buses will replace trains between the pentagon and rosalyn stations. the arlington station is closed. single tracking between friendship heights and van ness. trains will share tracks between green belt and college park. work starts at 10:00 tonight and should be done by monday morning rush. >>> coming up on 5:50. relatives of people killed in a plane crash with mexican-american singer jen i rivera are suing her company. they say she was negligent when she hired a faulty lear jet. the...
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on the blue line, buses will replace trains between the pentagon and ross lind stations. the arlington cemetery station is closed. on the red line, there will be singing tracking between friendship heights and van necessary and on the green line, trains will share tracks between green belt and college park. work starts at 10:00 tonight and should be done by monday morning. >>> today, transit agencies around the country, including metro, will receive funding to train the next generation of train -- for transportation jobs. transportation secretary ray lahood will make the announcement at 11:30 this morning at booker t washington charter school in d.c. it aims to give people jobs at -- >>> coming up, why a popular museum in the district is eliminating jobs. >>> the airlines to most likely -- most likely to get you to your destination on time. >>> a big accomplishment today for nbc's long-running soap opera, days of our lives. you're watching news4 today. ♪ ♪ i'm halfway to your heart ♪ you have to let me know ♪ so i don't make my worst mistake ♪ ♪ turn around an
on the blue line, buses will replace trains between the pentagon and ross lind stations. the arlington cemetery station is closed. on the red line, there will be singing tracking between friendship heights and van necessary and on the green line, trains will share tracks between green belt and college park. work starts at 10:00 tonight and should be done by monday morning. >>> today, transit agencies around the country, including metro, will receive funding to train the next generation...
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as noted, comptroller of the pentagon today. one of the top officials, eadviser to the secretary of defense in all matters financial, not only in terms of building budgets and trying to execute them and execute efficiencies and reforms within the defense budget. bob has a long career in national security. he was navy officer at the beginning of his career. he worked for the center for naval analysises, worked for the logistics institute and he was my boss to congressional budget office during the period -- well, for a number of years, but including during the period when the berlin wall has just come down and we are were building a post-colored -- post cold war military. bob was the comptroller of the air force during the clinton administration and has also been the executive director of the american society of military comptrollers so join me in welcome us one of my favorite defense budget experts, robert hale. [applause] >> good morning. how is everybody doing? good. listen, i'm glad to be here, for a number of ropes. one of t
as noted, comptroller of the pentagon today. one of the top officials, eadviser to the secretary of defense in all matters financial, not only in terms of building budgets and trying to execute them and execute efficiencies and reforms within the defense budget. bob has a long career in national security. he was navy officer at the beginning of his career. he worked for the center for naval analysises, worked for the logistics institute and he was my boss to congressional budget office during...
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. >> while we typically talk about the pentagon as -- and it's relationship to private industry is going out and buying goods. we have had this discussion here whether it should by ground combat vehicles or keep that on base. the reality is that we are moving to where the pentagon spends more on buying services rather than buying goods. it is not paying people to go make things. it is making in terms of the hours they are billing. the answer to what extent is it we have not seen the kind of savings that have been promised in the study before 1hand. the savings have been political cost savings where you keep your deployed numbers down even though the overall number of people are roughly the same. what is appropriate for contractors? navy some roles that are appropriate to turn over to contractors and others are not we have been willy-nilly about. once you figure it out, then developing good management structure so you get the best price. you have competition. you can say, they have done a terrible job. it comes back to how the contracts have been structured. let us do two more questions.
. >> while we typically talk about the pentagon as -- and it's relationship to private industry is going out and buying goods. we have had this discussion here whether it should by ground combat vehicles or keep that on base. the reality is that we are moving to where the pentagon spends more on buying services rather than buying goods. it is not paying people to go make things. it is making in terms of the hours they are billing. the answer to what extent is it we have not seen the kind...
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the pentagon does not support the option, though, to pull out all american troops from afghanistan, saying some soldiers need to stay and tamp down al qaeda. new images this morning of american robert levinson kidnapped in iran in 2007 during a business trip. the photos were sent to the former fbi agent's family back in 2011. they released them on tuesday. in them, he is dressed like a prisoner at guantanamo bay. iranian officials have denied knowing anything about levinson's disappearance, a claim that u.s. officials doubt. >>> a nightmare for boeing amid safety woes for the company's much anticipated dreamliner. nbc's ron mott has more from logan international airport in boston. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. double trouble for japan airlines and boeing over the past 48 hours here at logan as both companies investigate exactly what went wrong. two days in a row at boston's logan airport, a japan airline's jet has landed in the news. on tuesday, a new 787 full of passengers and already headed toward the runway had to turn back to the gate after pilots learned jet fuel, ab
the pentagon does not support the option, though, to pull out all american troops from afghanistan, saying some soldiers need to stay and tamp down al qaeda. new images this morning of american robert levinson kidnapped in iran in 2007 during a business trip. the photos were sent to the former fbi agent's family back in 2011. they released them on tuesday. in them, he is dressed like a prisoner at guantanamo bay. iranian officials have denied knowing anything about levinson's disappearance, a...
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i want to build on the size of the pentagon. during the cold war, our mortal enemy had the second-largest economy in the world. millions of men under arms, 30,000 plus the lynn weapons, as a threat. are groups of terrorists living in caves. i did not see how we can spend hundreds of millions more. the pentagon is riddled with fat. it's like kopb beef. why does the enforced a full- fledged symphony? ed a full- force nee d fledged symphony? are there more now in the one everybody was much larger? why did they keep having a larger staff? >> i probably agree with a two- thirds of what he said. i also salute your service. in the interest of debate, he mentioned a long list of potential areas. the state department should do more of -- the idea of a mid career sabbatical. they teach us a lot of the kodak with some different ideas -- us a lot but they go back with with different ideas. they point to them and career education as important elements of thinking. the ideas they later implement the danda command or one way or another. i woul
i want to build on the size of the pentagon. during the cold war, our mortal enemy had the second-largest economy in the world. millions of men under arms, 30,000 plus the lynn weapons, as a threat. are groups of terrorists living in caves. i did not see how we can spend hundreds of millions more. the pentagon is riddled with fat. it's like kopb beef. why does the enforced a full- fledged symphony? ed a full- force nee d fledged symphony? are there more now in the one everybody was much larger?...
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earlier today, at the pentagon the secretary of the air force michael donley talked to reporters. he was joined by air force chief of staff general mark welsh and this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, all. thanks for being here. the chief and i thought this would be a valuable opportunity to begin the new year by sitting down with you to discuss the state of our air force and the issues and challenges we expect to address in the year ahead and beyond. to start i would like to thank the senate approving the national defense thorgs act. and thanks to the president for signing the bill into law. this important legislation provides policy guidance that enables d.o.d. to provide for our fighters and their families and to protect the american people. it demonstrated strong bipartisan commitment to national security. we hope this success may spur progress on critical issues that still remain. those issues include issues to develop a balanced deficit plan. a final f.y. 13 appropriation bill to replace the continued resolution and the president's f.y. 14 budget. congress' recent decision to
earlier today, at the pentagon the secretary of the air force michael donley talked to reporters. he was joined by air force chief of staff general mark welsh and this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, all. thanks for being here. the chief and i thought this would be a valuable opportunity to begin the new year by sitting down with you to discuss the state of our air force and the issues and challenges we expect to address in the year ahead and beyond. to start i would like to thank the...
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the pentagon is not able to take that kind of reduction. since congress put us into the law, they are just as capable of taking it out of the locked. >> we have just a couple moments for another question. >> yes, thank you, i was wondering if you could talk about the leadership principles. [inaudible question] so what can leadership show us and what advice can you give us cars having a strong personality. >> yes, strong personalities. george herbert walker bush, the personality was very strong as well. it includes some of the personalities of the second bush of the first term. we got along well. this time around we got along with so many issues. if you look at what we did to expand nato and support the european union, what we did with hiv and aids. what we did to increase the amount of assistance that we give to the rest of the world. a lot of things we did well and in total harmony. the issue of iraq was appealing. but we have different points of view as to how many troops were needed, how we should resolve some of the issues, in early 200
the pentagon is not able to take that kind of reduction. since congress put us into the law, they are just as capable of taking it out of the locked. >> we have just a couple moments for another question. >> yes, thank you, i was wondering if you could talk about the leadership principles. [inaudible question] so what can leadership show us and what advice can you give us cars having a strong personality. >> yes, strong personalities. george herbert walker bush, the...
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as for defense, this is the third time the president has had to fill an opening at the pentagon. for the second time, his choice is a republican. this time it's former senator chuck hagel, which is already touching off a big political fight. before chuck hagel can take over at the pentagon, he must be confirmed by the senate and he's already facing an uphill battle. even though democrats control the senate, nbc news has learn ed as many as 10 democratic senators could vote against hagel. public publicly, leading democrats have not expressed much support. >> i would have to study his record. >> as a republican, he may find support from his old republican colleagues to come by. >> there will be a lot of tough questions of senator hagel, but he will be treated fairly. >> reporter: he became known as a thorn in the side of republicans turning against the iraq war in 2007. >> most divisive since vietnam. >> i have served with chuck hagel. i know him. he is a patriot. >> reporter: after once referring to certain proisraeli groups as a, quote, jewish-lami. >> this is an in your face nom
as for defense, this is the third time the president has had to fill an opening at the pentagon. for the second time, his choice is a republican. this time it's former senator chuck hagel, which is already touching off a big political fight. before chuck hagel can take over at the pentagon, he must be confirmed by the senate and he's already facing an uphill battle. even though democrats control the senate, nbc news has learn ed as many as 10 democratic senators could vote against hagel. public...
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speaking to reporters at the pentagon, secretary donley explain how the air force is preparing for the possible spending cuts. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, all. thanks for being here. the chief and i thought this to be a valuable opportunity to begin the new year by sitting down with you to discuss the state of our air force and some of the issues and challenges we expect to address in the year ahead and beyond. to start, i would like to thank the house and senate for approving the conference report to the fy 13 national defense authorization act and think the president for signing the bill into law. this important legislation provides authorities and policy guidance that enable dod to support were fighters, provide for airmen and families and protect the american people. the enact mint of the ndaa is a significant achievement and demonstrated strong bipartisan commitment to national security. we hope success may spur progress on critical issues that still remain. those issues include efforts to develop a balanced deficit reduction plan to prevent the arbitrary sequestration co
speaking to reporters at the pentagon, secretary donley explain how the air force is preparing for the possible spending cuts. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, all. thanks for being here. the chief and i thought this to be a valuable opportunity to begin the new year by sitting down with you to discuss the state of our air force and some of the issues and challenges we expect to address in the year ahead and beyond. to start, i would like to thank the house and senate for approving...
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he was at the pentagon yesterday meeting with leon panetta and met with with secretary clinton last night. u.s. officials are talking about a zero option after next year with no forces remaining behind in afghanistan. that is an area of concern for president karzai, because he would like a more robust force to help with the training of afghan forces there. kristen welker is at the white house at the east room awaiting the two leaders. kristen, what have we learned about ha they have been discussing? >> well, david, good afternoon. the white house officials just released a statement saying that president obama and president karzai agree that the afghan security forces have exceeded x expectations now leading about 80% of the operations in afghanistan, and that is is significant, because this white house may be lean iing toward a more scaled back troop presence after 2014. for the first time, officials here saying that the president may be open to zero troop presence which critics say that could leave afghanistan vulnerable to destabilization. here is the president and president karzai. >>
he was at the pentagon yesterday meeting with leon panetta and met with with secretary clinton last night. u.s. officials are talking about a zero option after next year with no forces remaining behind in afghanistan. that is an area of concern for president karzai, because he would like a more robust force to help with the training of afghan forces there. kristen welker is at the white house at the east room awaiting the two leaders. kristen, what have we learned about ha they have been...
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jim milkuloklaszewski is at the pentagon. >> reporter: it's clearly aimed at scarying any sailor who is thinking about using the drug known as bath salts. since hitting the internet two weeks ago, it's got gone viral. the navy video opens as if you are the young sailor about to embark on a terrifying, mind-bending trip, snorting the synthetic drug bath salts. your physical reaction is almost immediate. >> hey, what are you doing? >> reporter: you don't notice anything wrong but others do. >> are you okay? >> yeah, i'm fine. >> reporter: but not for long. the threatening hallucinations begin. your growing paranoia explodes into violence. back home even your roommate has te turned demon. >> what's wrong with you? sent to a hospital gurney, the sailor continues to fight that continues until only heavily sedated. psychiatry resident says violence is only one troublesome reaction to bath salts. >> when people are using bath salts, they're not their normal selves. they're angry, erratic, violent and unpredictable. >> reporter: navy officials say the troubling video was produced after an al
jim milkuloklaszewski is at the pentagon. >> reporter: it's clearly aimed at scarying any sailor who is thinking about using the drug known as bath salts. since hitting the internet two weeks ago, it's got gone viral. the navy video opens as if you are the young sailor about to embark on a terrifying, mind-bending trip, snorting the synthetic drug bath salts. your physical reaction is almost immediate. >> hey, what are you doing? >> reporter: you don't notice anything wrong...
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i will always do my best for our country and those i represent at the pentagon and for all of our citizens. mr. president, i will always give you my honest and most informed counsel. thank you very much. >> mr. president, thank you for your very kind remarks and thank you for the trust that you placed if me when you asked me to be acting director twice. i have the honor of knowing and working with john brennan for the last 20 years. we have worked particularly closely the last three years. john brennan is an intelligence professional with deep experience in our business. a public servant with extraordinary dedication and a man of deep integrity. with senate confirmation i know he will be an outstanding director of the central intelligence agency. as the president noted, john started his career at c.i.a. and spent nearly a quarter century. so this is a homecoming for john. john, on behalf of the talented and dedicated men and women of c.i.a., it is my team honor to say welcome home. >> mr. president, it is a tremendous honor to be nominated to be the director of the central intelligence age
i will always do my best for our country and those i represent at the pentagon and for all of our citizens. mr. president, i will always give you my honest and most informed counsel. thank you very much. >> mr. president, thank you for your very kind remarks and thank you for the trust that you placed if me when you asked me to be acting director twice. i have the honor of knowing and working with john brennan for the last 20 years. we have worked particularly closely the last three...
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part of their minimal security not to talk about what happened and time and again, you have found the pentagon unwilling to change the chain of command so complaints can be made. one of the things lampkin nana has done a secretary defenses persuade her to be there watching invisible warrior, which is made that the base and he has for the first time ever said that a woman making a complaint of sexual assault does not have to go to her immediate superior in her unit. that might open the floodgates to a reality check, but it is likely to mean more women will feel somewhat less insecure about making the charges. also there are very, very few convictions and women in military know this. significant okay, the main thing is get out. the main thing is not randomized. get it out and put it behind me. any other thoughts? yeah, hi. >> allison, an mp at the woodrow wilson center here. i have come here from a few years of work on development, primarily in countries where women are just not participating in the public sphere at all. so first in the coming of this work, i think i have two different sermons e
part of their minimal security not to talk about what happened and time and again, you have found the pentagon unwilling to change the chain of command so complaints can be made. one of the things lampkin nana has done a secretary defenses persuade her to be there watching invisible warrior, which is made that the base and he has for the first time ever said that a woman making a complaint of sexual assault does not have to go to her immediate superior in her unit. that might open the...